Development Edge worked with the Bolzonello family to negotiate a purchase of their property and at the same time celebrate the family’s history as part of the Sanctuary Park Estate by naming the stage of the development ‘The Bolzonello Release’. An entry statement has been incorporated into the development to celebrate the family’s original ownership of the site.
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Dear Michael and Peter,
Lino Bolzonello was born on August 20, 1934 in the small town of Montebelluna, Italy and was one of seven siblings.
Lino was a hard worker and after travelling throughout Europe as an apprentice carpenter, ventured overseas via ship to Australia in 1956 at the age of 22.
Without understanding a word of English, Lino ported in Cairns before travelling on to Innisfail, Queensland to work on the sugarcane plantations. The money was good but the work was very hard.
After years of cutting cane, Lino travelled to Melbourne to work on the sewerage pipes and then finally caught a taxi to Shepparton where he met and married his beautiful wife, Iolanda.
Together they worked hard and raised a family of three daughters while saving money to buy and build their two-storey home on an 11 acre property in Marlboro Dve, Kialla in 1980.
Lino and Iolanda took great pride and joy in developing this once barren property into what became an escape to paradise with an established garden, a mini orchard comprising of various types of fruit and nut trees and, more importantly, a mini enclosed vineyard in which Lino grew an abundance of red and green grape varieties, those predominantly being Cabernet, Merlot and Shiraz.
Lino spent a lot of his spare time making and perfecting his own wine with a custom-made wine press and enjoyed his own private collection of fine wines which he generously shared with family and good friends.
This with the extensive vegetable garden, free-range chickens, beef cattle and the occasional sheep or two, the property was not only beautiful but self-sufficient.
It was always Lino’s dream to have his home and his cherished empire respected and appreciated for years to come and although he sadly passed away on September 27, 2009 at the early age of 75, it became his wife’s and daughter Louise’s legacy to have Lino remembered as the kind and generous man that he was and the Italian heritage that he brought to Australia and to the Sanctuary Park Estate.
Without the patience and the assistance of Michael and the dedicated team at Development Edge, this dedication and appreciation of The Bolzonello Release could not have become a reality.
They not only listened and understood our emotional attachment to the property, but promised to give this development the respect and tribute that it and my father deserved.
Not only has The Bolzonello Release been developed with class and style, but it is located adjacent to Bolzonello Park overlooking scenic bushland filled with Australian flora and fauna.
I would have no hesitation in dealing with Development Edge again in the future should the situation arise, not only because of their professionalism and insightfulness, but because of their ability to deliver what they set out to achieve!
Heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Michael Lewis, Peter Mintern and Jim Balaburov and the team at Development Edge for making our dream into a reality.
